Biggest Party in Town

Well it's really rather exciting in Manchester at the moment. It's the Labour party conference, which means Tony Blair and the rest of the Government are staying in a hotel five minutes' walk from my apartment. A few streets are cordoned off, which is getting some drivers' backs up, but this conference is worth £17million to the city so I'm sure they can cope for a few days. The security is massive - more coppers than a Celtic v Rangers football match! The police have been given £4million by the Home Office, and have created a 'ring of steel' around the G-mex centre and the Midland and Radission hotels. (Tony and Cherie are in the Radisson) It is quite an honour to have so many VIPs in our town at one time, and to top it all Bill Clinton is tomorrow's guest speaker...!